Have you received US currency bills with a message?

unhappycamper

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Tue Jun-20-06 07:43 AM
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Poll question: Have you received US currency bills with a message?

Have you received any bills with a little message? I've seen a number of dollar bills with the Where's George stamp, but am starting to see bills with messages like "Impeach" and "Bush Lies." Have you seen any of these?

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ThomWV

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Tue Jun-20-06 07:46 AM
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1. "Al Gore In '08" Goes On Every Bill

I'm a Sharpie kind of guy ....

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Jed Dilligan

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Tue Jun-20-06 07:52 AM
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3. What happened to the law about defacing currency?

Normally, I would say you had a lot of balls to admit this, but wheresgeorge has a website. Was the law repealed or are they just not enforcing it?

No judgment on you; just wonderin'.

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Pugee

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Tue Jun-20-06 08:00 AM
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5. Writing on a bill is not considered illegal, unless

it makes the bill unuseable.

Whoever mutilates, cuts, disfigures, perforates, unites or cements together, or does any other thing to any bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt issued by any national banking association, Federal Reserve Bank, or Federal Reserve System, with intent to render such item(s) unfit to be reissued,

Defacement of currency in such a way that it is made unfit for circulation comes under the jurisdiction of the United States Secret Service.

http://www.bep.treas.gov/document.cfm/18/104

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Jed Dilligan

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Tue Jun-20-06 08:03 AM
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6. So the real criminals

Are those penny souvenir machines they have at hokey truckstop tourist traps!

Send in the Secret Service!

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unhappycamper

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Tue Jun-20-06 08:09 AM
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9. Yup - don't mess with the serial number or any of the denomination

numbers.

From America is Art:

The Law and You: For those of you that think this is "defacing" currency and is against the law, please be advised: This is ONLY TRUE if your markings alter the useability of the bill, such as altering its serial number or denomination "with intent to render such item(s) unfit to be reissued." So, be careful to only write in the "white space" at the top of the rear of the bill. It turns out that you can draw all over your money, just don't make the bill "unfit for use."

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jarnocan

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Tue Jun-20-06 07:51 AM
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2. but someones gonna get some:)

Edited on Tue Jun-20-06 07:51 AM by jarnocan

I've only used play money so far but hmmm...MORE discretion is advised of course with the REAL thing, but hopefully... I would reccommend not posting pics of the real stuff.

I dropped this play money areound a year or so ago.

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schmuls

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Tue Jun-20-06 07:56 AM
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4. I have only seen the ones I write!

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Tyler Durden

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Tue Jun-20-06 08:06 AM
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7. Just write in the margins...

They're using a validation marker on new bills at some cashier stations. This is no different.

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peekaloo

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Tue Jun-20-06 08:08 AM
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8. No, but I've circulated quite a few.

:-)

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HeeBGBz

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Tue Jun-20-06 08:09 AM
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10. "No Blood For Oil" on a $10

I kept it for a while and then sent it on it's way to spread the message. It was stamped on there and not handwritten.

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TechBear_Seattle

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Tue Jun-20-06 08:15 AM
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11. Get a custom rubber stamp!

I did a search looking for "Impeach Bush" stamps and didn't find any. I did find places where you could get a custom rubber stamp with a message of your choice:

http://www.rubberstamps.net/
http://www.thestampmaker.com

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madokie

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Tue Jun-20-06 08:20 AM
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12. Just in case, the sharpie comes as a clicker too now.

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schmuls

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Tue Jun-20-06 08:59 AM
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13. I've written "read Creature from Jekyll Island to get the real

truth about the currency you are holding"

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